Staff Reports
A Gainesville man was found guilty on Wednesday for posting on his Instagram page a threat to shoot up a middle school.
According to a State Attorney Eighth Judicial Circuit press release, an Alachua County jury found Daniel Dominguez, 32, of his Oct. 19, 2023, video posted on Instagram saying he wanted to shoot up a middle school.
In the video, Dominguez was sitting in front of a bookshelf with an AR-15 rifle on his right side and a handgun on his left. He allegedly said he didn’t want to hurt anyone, saying he just wanted to shoot at the school in the hope that police would respond and kill him. He added he would go to the school on a Saturday or Sunday when no children were there and various disclaimers were attached to the video, including one that said, “This is an Art piece.”
The information was sent to the Gainesville Police Department and Alachua County Sheriff’s Office to determine the location of the occurrence. Law enforcement contacted Dominguez in Gainesville by pinging his phone and he was arrested on the evening of Oct. 19 for written threats to kill, do bodily injury or conduct a mass shooting.
The jury found Dominguez guilty after a two-day trial.
Dominguez is currently released on bond.
A case management hearing to receive the pre-sentence investigation results is scheduled for April 23.
Threatened a Mass Shooting at an Alachua County School,convicted,and free on Bond
No wonder Newberry wants to separate from the Feckless ACSB leaders and hip pocket judges. Please help us Governor Desantis, we can’t stand this wokeness for safety sake.